Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 30, Number 51, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 January 1883 — Page 7

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WUNKblA JANUARY 24, 1883.,

OUH FAR3I COLUJIN.

Apple Culture Experiments In Seeding. Profits of Cows The Value Good Stock Hop Growing. of Sarin Seed-Honaetaold 'Hint Farm ud Workthap Motai, ate. Appl Collar. Independent. Prescott Williams, of Williamsburg, Mas., who has given a quarter of a century to apple culture, and now has twenty acres in the fruit about 1.400 trees i a all has one of the lrrgest crors this year the orchard ever produced. It reaches 800 barrels. These trees are expected to reach a bearing of 2,000 barrels. In the next ten years tne income from the twenty acres is -estimated at $2,000 a year. The land is like all that adjoining, and Mr. Williams considers it all good for apple culture. The peculiarity of bis method is that he digs a hole five feet square, in which the young tree is set, and it is then filled around with good soil and well-made compost. The orchards are never plowed, for he haa found that little rootletscome to the surface for noarisbment. The windfalls and decayed fruit are all removed. The tree is cat to grow slow, with widc-?preading branches, thus avoiding much of the danger from high winds. Mr. Williams has this year observed for the first time a; difference in the shape of the Baldwin trees that bear in the odd and the even year. The difference is quite noticeable when it is once pointed out. The even year has lor? and slender branches reaching out in all direction?, while the odd tree is more scrubby, the branches growing closer together on the top. Thee facta may be of much importance to those who wish to graft the Baldwin. Like many other fruit-raisers, Mr. Williams has come to the conclusion, as a result of his long experience, that only a few varieties cf both apples and rears are profitable to rai?e. lie would not set more than three varieties of pears, and. if he were to set an orchard of 1,000 apple trees, he fays he would retoulv the Baldwin and the Lady's Sweeting. The latter is a winter sweet, light red iu color, very hand some and a profuse bearer. Experiments In Seeding. Correspondent Fanning World. In your last is a report of some tests on thick and thin seeding. I like to see and read such reports- 1 will g:ve one. I was seeding clover seed that bad been sown early in the fall of 1847, and I double sowed two acres of it, making two and a half bushels per acre on the two acres, same seed and day of sowing broadcast. On tbe fifteen acres I had 656 bushels from the machine. The two acres had fine straw and were ripe five days ahead of the rest of the piece and yielded forty-eight bushels per acre. And I have always noticed that thickly seeded wheat or oats ripened sooner than thin. The fact is noticeable at the edge of the crop on any field, unless some local cause has affected it. Now, I hope these experiments will be carried on for at least ten years, and then tne parties will find out that, as a rule, the "even years' Lave produced the largest yields and best grades of wheat. One, r two, three, four, nv or six trials are hardly enough to begin to say you have learned certain things to be thus and so. I have tried these many years to fully settle some things in my mind that are yet an defined, and I do not stop short of many experiments and observations be lore declar ing things to be so and so. I am truly pleated to see so much interest manifested dv farm ers to experiment, note facts and report them. It shows that they are thinking, and that tbeir hearts are in their calling. Now, I will suggest to wheat raisers to burn a plat of a few yards of ground with brush or logs. then dig it up and barn again with straw or fine brush, and sow to wheat that is band picked, to be sure of being clean of all otber seeds, and seed in drills a part and broadcast part, sowing tbe plat before there has been .any ram on it, and then report next year a crop on it. Tbe Profit oC Cow. The Darlington (Wis.) BepuUican pub lished tbe following statement, made by tbe proprietor of a creamery of that place: The total income ni twent -eight patrons was $559 56 from 211 average cows, equal to $26.30 per month for the average time, five months and twelve days. All farmers know that with proper handling a cow will give a flow of muk eight months in a year, and many contend that a heifer started right will daw eleven months at five years old; call the season eight months and we have as the butter product $3S 96 Every calf dropped is worth $5; the skim milk i worth at least $3. Here we have the average cow producing nearly $47 a year. I it any wonder that dairy farmers in New York. Pennsylvania and Northern Ohio live in fine house and have big barns? Wbat our farmers want to do is to get rid of their poor cows, quit sow ing flax and wheat, seed down, club together and buy a lew Jen1 balls, and in five rears Lafayette County will show cows, not equal to Jersey Queen, whose record is 778 pounds in one year, but good enough to sell for 1100. Tbe Value of Good Stock. Farmer's Magazine. It is not in the power of any clafs to mo nopolize the privilege of breeding the bes and it is the dutv of every farmer to take heed and learn a lesson from the experience of those who make a specialty of breeding for blood and merit. Farmers admire good stock as highly as any class, but thev are alow to avail themselves of advantages tbey possess. A man who lately sold a high priced colt was hot a farmer; he krjew nothing of stock-raising outside ot horse -v He was not even a judge of any breed of horses except tha one he was ac customed to, and yet he disdained to raise a scrub colt. V hat he has cone can be done by every farmer, and while it i3 notexpected that so large a aum will always be realized lor a young colt as $o ouo. which he received, yet it is an eay matter to raise one that wil sell far np in the hundreds. Are farmers and rtock raisers willing to be idle and see novices out sell them, and beat them at their favorite pursuit? But it is not the trotter aioce that brings the bieber prices. A good i arm horse.bred from first-class draught material, of known blood, has a marketable price which is commanding. Tbe scrub is parasite, and tbe farmer who does not know better than to breed his mares to anything and every thing because tbe fee is low had better abandon his calling aid leave it to others to follow. As with horses so -with other stock. Inferiority in stock is tbe sign-post of bankruptcy, and points uner ringly t destruction, for experience has proved Cat no farmer has yet been a first class practitioner on tbe firm who did not keep a close wa'ch on tbe method of bleed ing his animals and keeping them up to perfection. Hop Growing;. Philadelphia Record. Hops are grown in small quantities in this State, but our latitude Is about as far south as they can be grown, for there is an old provero saying "corn and bops do not grow together." The countries that produce hops are England. France, Northern Ger many and portions of California and Oregon. Crops are also grown in New York, Canada and Wisconsin, and it may be noticed that the European countries produce no corn, while it makes but slim growth iE I Canada. Hops prefer cool lati

tudes, and when grown south of the New York line are subject to rust and blight, although a fair crop once and awhile may be obtained. Aa the present high prices are due to the failure of the European bep crop last year, the derangement may be only temporary, and there is no reason why our

staple crops snouia ne aDanaonea in oruer to venture in hop growing. There are. however, those who aesire so know how bops are cultivated, and the plan in England is to select a good rich soil and plow it deep, at ine came time manuring well and heavily. Good drainage is also necessary, and every precaution is taken to afford the most favorable conditions for maturing the crop. Cuttings or shoots 01 any approved sort wnicn nave Deen reared in a nursery, are planted in rows six feet apart, and the hills should also be that distance apart in tbe rows, iromtwo to three plants are allowed to each hill, and thev are separately staminate and pistillate, one male plant being planted for every fifty of the others. No crop is expected in the first year, but a hoed crop of some sort may be erown during that time between the hills of hops, the cultivation, and manuring for which being considered oeneuciai. x.acu hill has a short pole, which is fixed before summer, to which the young vine is fastened and trained, tarjy in spring me pronnd isasrain cultivated, both the cultivator and hoc being used, and the hills are finally earthed up in June. In tnis country the distance between rows vanes rrom six to eight feet, and some growers use two poles instead of one, the poles neing irom iweive to eighteen feet in height. Seven feet apart each way is also a favorite distance, which gives 900 hills to the acre, and allows fewer vines to the mils, neniy ot aunugni anu a free circulation of air is benefical to the vine and manure may be added at any stage of the giowth, owing to the plant being a grass feeder. As to the quantity Ol nops usuaiiy pro duced no exact estimate can be made, as everything depends on the attention given by the grower in cuiuvaung. iu usboi manure and tue quality of the soil are also important, but first in the management is the judicious use of the plow, cultivator and the hoe, to eay nothing of setting, tying and training the vines. From four to six pounds have been gathered to each bill on good locations, and it is not expecting too much to claim one ton of hops lor every acre cultivated, though much less is often ob tained. The crop, which is always nanopicked. affords employment to a large num ber of hands during the picaing season, me prices paid ranging according to location. The New York hop district last year produced 16,000,000 pounds of hops, and the cost of production was from ten to fifteen cents per pound, including all expenses of weges, interest, use or land, etc, ana me average price obtained was sixty cents, although some lots told for $1. The crops are always quickly salable and the demand lor hops inci eases annually. Saving Seed. Correspondence Come and Farm. In saving all kinds of garden seed one great trouble is to properly clean them, and another is to keep them pore, as quite a number are very easily mixed, and thus ruined for seeding purposes. Iu saving beets, carrots, lettuce and that class of seeds, it will not do to wait until all on a aralk are ripe, as in that case much of the earlier-ma tured seeds go to watte before the latter are ripe. Whenever most o' the seeds are ripe we cut the stalks and let thtm lay a day or two on a sheet, taking them in at night, and then thrash out. Many ol the lighter seeds can be easily cleaned by sim ply taxing up in the hands and letting them fall in as Bteady a stream as possible on a sheet or newjpaper;tbe wind will clean them sufficiently for all purposes. A fine sieve is very haudy in doing Buch work with the smaller t-eeds. With tomatoes, squash, watermelon, muskmelon and that class of pulpy seeds, they should be washed clean before they are allowed to dry. It may take several wasti ng before tbey are properly cleaned, but it can easier be done wen at nrsc man at any time in tbe future. After cleaning thoroughly they should be dried thoroughly before putting away. If you do not want your vines to mix they must be planted some distance apart, and it possible with some other varieties of vegetables between them. There are but few vegetables that mature seeds the same year in time to oe used th season. Turnips and rutabagas do without ny difficulty ; by setting a row early in the spring you can, by taking careol them, have the seed in plenty ot time ior sowing lor fall use. But the majority of root crops have to be kept over during the winter, then set out again in the spring, and they will mnture seeds during the summer, rarsnips and salsify need not be taken np; they an oe left out all winter, and in the spang they will start np a good stalk and mature eds for use the next year. Cabbage should be well pitted in the fall, and in the spring set out again, when they will mature seeds. One or two specimens of most veget ables is really all that is necessary to save. providing there were no accidents or fail nres; but to be sure we usually save at least four or five ot each kind. We are epeaking now of where you wish to save seed only for your own nse, not ot gardeners or those who make a specialty of raising and selling teeds, but where small quantities are wanted and by tbse who prefer to raise their own seed instead of purchasing. Household Hint. Cari or Pomrar. Dressed poultry which is to be kept in cold weather should be thor oughiy cleansed, men be wiped dry with cloth and have flour rubbed all over the in nerpart; then it should be hung in a cool, dry place. Pcddiso 8acci. Take two caps of white sugar, a lump of butter the size ot an eeg, one well-beaten egg. Stir these logetter then add a teacup of boiling water; put it in a t-aucepan until it thickeos; do not let it boil; Hi vor with lemon or vanilla. Apple Miscx Pik. Two pounds of apples pared and chopped, three-fourths pound of beef suit, one cf currant, one-naif of raisin?, seeded and chopped, one-half Suhana raisins. one-quarter citron cut in shred, one table spoonful allspice, two poundsof brown sugar, half-pint best brandy, aglass of wine, two tea spooutula ol salt. Chick Socp. In boiling chickens for salads, eta. the broth (water in which they are boiled) may be used for soup. When the chickens are to be served whole, stun and tie in a cloth. To the broth add a little rice. or add one thinly-sliced onion and a quart of tomatoes. Boil twenty minutes, season with salt and pepper and two well-beaten eggs, and serve. Pickled Chickek. Boil four chickens til tender enough for meat to fall from bones; put meat in a stone jar and pour over it three pints of cold, good cider vinegar and a pint and a half of tbe water in which the chickens were boiled; add spices if preferred, and it will be ready for use in two days. This is a popular Sunday evening dish; it is good for luncheon at any time. Pcddiko. To make a good English plum pudding, take one pound of raisins, tbe same of currants, the Bame of bread crumbs, half a pound of citron, the same of suet, the same of flour, eight eggs, half a pound of Bugar, some candied lemon peel, a teaspoon ful of cinnamon, the same of allspice and nutmeg; an apple chopped fine and added to the mixture helps to make it light. Scald your pudding clotn and flour it well, then tie it up secuely, put it in a pot of boiling water and let it boil fast for six hours. Just before putting it on the table stick a piece of holly in the middle, pour some good brandy round it and set hie to it. Facts About Flou. Flour la peculiarly serjitive to atmospheric influences, hence it should never be stored in a room with sour liquids, nor where onions or fish are kept, nor any article that taints the air of the room in which it is stored. Any smell per ceptible to the sense will be absorbed by the flour. Avoid damp cellar or lofts where free circulation of air can sot be obtained. Keep Jn a cool dry, airy

room and not exposed to a freeiing temperature nor to intense am mer or to artificial beat, or any length of time above 70 or 75 Fahrenheit. It should not come in contact with grain or otber substances that are liable to heat Flour should be sifted and the particles thoroughly disintegrated and and then warmed before baking. This treatment improves the color and baking proyerties of the dough. Tbe sponge should be prepared for the oven as soon as the yeast has performed its mission; otherwise fermentation se:i in and acidity results. American Miller. Bakkd Mcttow Chops.- Three pounds of mutton chops, five fine potatoes, one onion, one kidney, one pint of oyster liquor, pepper, salt and parsley, one tablespoonful of butter. Lay one-third of the chops rid of all the fat and skin in a baking-dish, cover with potatoes and onions, sliced very thin; sprinkle with salt and pepper; put on another layer of chops, more potatoes and onion-, then the sliced kidney. Cover with potatoes, season, put in the rest of the chops, cover with onions and potatoes; pour in the oyster liquor and melted butter, with parsley, pepper and salt ; cover very closely and bake in a moderate oven three hours. Turn out upon a heated fiat dish.

Corm A DisiKf ectast. It is not suf ficiently known that when coffee beans are placed upon hot coals or on a hot plate the avor arising none of the mostenective and at tbe same time agreeable disinfectants. f no heat is disposable, even tbe spreading of ground cotfee on the object to be disin fected, even if It be a cadaver, is most satisfactory. Some journals an nonnce this as a newly discovered fact, but it appears by in vesication that it was well known by nurses and housewives forty years ago, while some members of tbe medical profession became only convinced of its value some twenty ears ago, while at present tbe majority of the physicians are not aware of the virtues of this simple and agreeable remedy. Jcgoxd Rabbits Skin, clean with care, and joint the rabbit as for fricasee. Lay thin slices of fat salt pork in tbe bottom of a stone jar; lay upon these pieces of rabbits, strewed with minced onions and parsley; put in more pork and more rabbit, eta Add a cup of your soup or other gravy. When all are in put on tbe cover of the jar. hitting closely, and set in a pot of warm water. Tie a piece of thick paper over the top of the jar to keep in the steam. Cook steadily two hours longer should you find upon opening tbe jar that tbe meat is not tender. When it is done, dish the meat, strain the gravy into a saucepan and set in cold water to throw up the fat. Take it off, add a little currant jelly, browned nour, wet with water, and a class of claret Boil one minute and pour over the meat. Farm Note a. Nearly one-third ot all the sugar sold on the English market is beet sugar. Mr. C. F. Cobb, of Leeds, Me., raised tbe past season from about one acre 623 pounds of hops, which sold for $410. It is said that Australia has more meatproducing animals in proportion to its pop ulation than any other country on tne globe. Across the water the shorthorn editor of the Field insinuates that shorthorn blood was tbe element that increased the size of the polled cattle. Mr. W. H. Francis, of Frankfort, Mich., realized $14 " for the first three crops from ten Hale's Early peach trees, which are still in thrifty condition. Statistics place the shortage of wheat In Great Britain at 136,000,000 bushell. The shortage ot the oats crop of this country ia placed at 1,000,000 bushels. It has been ascertained at the Granby (Conn.) Creamery that it takes ten quarts of mile to make an inch ot cream, and an inch of cream.makes a pound of butter. In the last ten years Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, has produced 142 000.000 pounds of tobacco. The annual profits on tobacco alone in that County is estimated at $3,000,000. A. Montreal dealer ships tomatoes to En gland, where they bring good prices. The taste for tomatoes has been acquired, but the English climate will always be too cold for them to ripen. London purple is better aiapted to fight ing the canlfer worm on apple trees than is raris green. It dissolves in water, which is not the case with Paris green, and the former is, therefore, mere evenly distrib uted. It is a severe calamity to any agricultural country not to be the producer of its own wooL All the varieties producible in the world are equally producible in tbe United States, baxony oremesiacan pro duce no nner. To cure warts on cows' bsgs, Mr. H. G. Abbott, of Maine, recommends to saturate them three times a week with kerosene oil, and ia a short time they will all be gone. leaving the skin smooth and free from sore ness. If a cow's hind feet are tied together she can not kick. It will make the cow some trouble for a time, but the mind of the milker will be secure and undisturbed. After a few weeks a slight cord on each leg will be enough. The cow population of the United S'ates is 12,611,143, or about ons cow to every four people. This only includes much cows, and their value is estimated at $340.500.906. an average of 27 per head, based upon their prices in different btates. Dear as corn has been, it well pavk to feed it moderately to cows giving milk. Butter is proportionately as dear as corn, and feed of the latter anects tbe butter product, . - ... Dotn in quantity ana quality, even more than it does the flow of milk. Dr. Iloskins, of Vermont, writes to the Rural New Yorker that he has fruited and compared the three supposed distinct varie ties of Russian apples known as brand Sal tan. Yellow Transparent and Charlotten haler, and finds thtm identical. The advantage of breeding from polled rams, says a Missouri shepherd in an exchange, ars that the animals fiht less, are never fly-blown around the horns, are more convenietly sheared, and, wbat is of greater importance, keep easier and grow larger. The branding of cattle as now practiced in the West is pronounced by the Shoe and Leather Reporter to be a crime. That there is much unnecessary cruelty and much wanton destruction of hides in the way this worK is generally uoneis oejonu question. , 1 I , ! L 1 . An Iowa correspondent of the Germantown Telegraph makes his granary distasteful to rats by "daubing all tbe angles on the out side of the building with hot pine tar for the width of three or four inches, and also any seam or crack wheie a rat our mouse can stand to gnaw." The following are the measurements of three intestinal tubes of sheep which were lately examined: Lamb, Southdown, six months old, 74 feet 9 inches; old ewe. South down, 100 feet 8 inches; old Leicester ram 117 feet 8 inches, when the intestines are pulled out from the mesentery. A new white potato, called Duke of Al bany. is becoming very popular in England It is a sport of the Ueauty ol Hebron. Most of our American potatoes do well if taken to England, but the rule does not work both ways, as American families who have planted imported seed have found to their cost On a cranberry farm at Hyannis, Mass $10,000 worth of cranberries have been sold this season, and $7,000 paid to pickers at the rate of from one to two cents per quart. Picking affords busy work during the time so occupied, and after the crop is gathered the gleaners often secure large quantities of the fruit. In the New York Tribune a resident of Oil Creek warns fruit growers against using petroleum on fruit trees and shrubs. It kills all trees around where it is pumped. and a neighboring orchard that Bad been planted with it began to decline. This ap plies to crude on, du omen claim, m;

refined oil. as used for lamps, is less hurt

fuL It kiha lice and destroys the eggs of nsects if brushed on lightly ia winter, but n summer must not be applied to the foliage except largely diluted with water, which should be aept constantly stirred. The Boston Cultivator says that tbe flowers of raspberries, where this fruit is largely grown, are ruining the honey product of the neighborhood. Tbe bees like this food, but no human has been discovered who apt preciates the product. The honey from raspberries is a dirty yellow in appearance, with a very dissgreeable odor. Sorghum seed is said 'by Dr. Wilhelm, of Minnesota, to be equal to. corn as feed for all kinds of stock, and twenty-five bushels may be obtained from an acre. It alsomakes a flour equal to that from buckwheat Tk. .L! i i v : l : lue Biioiuiiup irum uic paus wueu owning for sugar are found to be very valuable as food for hogs, they taking on flesh rapidly when fed on this alone. Good vinegar is made from tbe clear liquor. The seed and vinegar are estimated at $30, and a material nsed for making wrapping paper yields $12, or $42 per acre without estimating sugar. It is a common remark that most any thing is good enough for a hog, and to thia senseless proposition is traced the disease among swine owned by breeders who indorse it Since time immemorial the hog haa been called the farm scavenger, but nevertheless, tbe successful breeder is he who relies the least upon this over-estimated characteristic of tbe animal. Bad water, worse treatment in handling, and a superabundance of filth are the foundation of all iseases to which hoes are subject, and it is consequently easy to believe mat the health of the animal and the quality of the meat must increase in proportion to the cleanliness of the food and surroundings. M. Pasteur, of France, says that the grass grown over the graves of cattle that died of tplenic fever is a source of infection to cattle feeding upon it lie points to tbe agency of earthworms in carrying the germs of deadly bacteria from buried carcasses of living animals. Ilaving introduced worms into a pit which had contained tbe carcasses of cattle that died from splenic fever, he filled it with earth. In a short tim he procured from the intestines of these worms the means of eprodocicg the disease in its worst forms by inoculation. He also showed that the worms, by casting out over the surface earth containing tbe bacteria germs, gave the disease to all cattle that grazed over it A correspondent of the Country Gentle man claims that he gets the greatest number of eggs when he feeds his hens on wheat screenings, lie feeds in this way: "l have fed sorghum seed, corn meal, oats, corn and middling?, and have concluded that feeding wheat in the morning and shelled corn at night with a feed of shiprstuffs wet up, having a good dose of ground pepper put in. and then baked and fed twice a week, and once in a while substituting powdered sul phur in the place of pepper, lathe best plan. hive good shelter and good, clean nests; feed regularly and allow them a good range, with plenty of gravel to scratch in. 1 eell the fowls when they are two years old, and always keep the bens for hatching." What Railroads Have Done. Nashville, Tenn., runner. There is so much hostility against all rail roads, among certain classes, a stranger would think they were the greatest enemies we have. It is one of the established max ims of some people to hate all corporations; tbey say corporations have no souls, and therefore, if killed, they are not damaged It may be a wise thing to ask a few questions about railroads in thia connection. The measure of friendship does not consist in empty words, but in deeds. A man may have a great many friends, but when be goea to one for help in an emergency, he laus to get it Another may come to his assistance who never pretended friendship nor ever made any professions of friendly feeling. Which man would be looked on as a friend? It may be that railroads simply come in for their share of tbe natural hostilities against corporations; however that may be it may well be asked whether railroads have done more evil or good to the State. Before the coming of railroads we had good old times. say some; that is, corn sold at from nity to seventy-five cents a barrel in an average year, while in years of drought it sold at whatever was a-ted. ine man wno was cornier was simply depleted of all he bad In iSoo, the year succeeding the drought, it sold for SO andfia barrel, and it would have sold for more if tbe money could have been raised. But a great many people were forced to do witbou it altogether. Wheat, like corn, sold for either nothing or a fabu lous price. Generally it sold for forty or fifty cents. All necessaries of life off from the river sold high. Sugar at a quarter-dollar the pound, calico twenty-five cents a yard, and other things in proportion. Horses and mules sold from twenty five to sixty dollars, only fine ones bringing tbe latter hgure Land was in the same relation to the value with its produce. The best land in David son County, off from Nashville a few miles. could be bought for $10 per acre. With the advent of railroads, prices have gone up for all farm produce and keep at uniform prices. while laud has followed suit lhe country store can now sell a cheaply as the city s ore. If a drought ruins the crop of one sec tion, railroads equalize it by bringing in more at once. A nation can be fed by the labor of a single railroad. No longer is a man compelled to go without bread because of its scarcity. Goods of every description have gone down hecanse we are close to the fac tory by means of the railroad. Money formerly in the bands of a few men, and not much at that is now in the bands of the many, any who will work for it. Land is looked upon as valuable or otherwise in proportion to its distance Irom a railroad. It took a man twelve days to go to Memphis and return it now takes one. The taxable value ot property, exclusive of slaves, has trebled in value in the State since the intrc duction of railroads. While it took three motfths to go to New York and return, in the rood old times, merchants new go. buy all the goods they need and return in ten days. Therefore, the business age of man is as ten days are to three months; or as ten to ninety so is man s life. In other words, man can now accomplish as much in one ninth the time be then could. Therefore, man's age is nine times as long as before railroads. Gain on a Small Investment Philadelphia Record, Jan. 7. Fifteen years ago eighteen men in the oys ter trade in this city subaenbed to twenty three shares of the stock of the "Philadel phia Oyatermen's Association," paying $5 a share, or a total of $115. Since that time these eighteen have become the only shareholders of the Association. There has not during the fifteen years been any assessment of the stock, so that the $115, with interest for ht teen years, or less than $230, repre sents the amount of money the eighteen srock holders have put out for their stock. On Tuesday next every tne who holds share of stock will be paid over $G00 per sture, the eighteen shareholders dividing among themselves over $13.500 as the profits on their investment of $115. As no money has been made in tbe past two or three years the body has determined to broa up and divide the cash on hand. Tbe decadence of tbe Delaware Bay oyster supply to this city by boats is shon by tbe fact that it is very unusual thing to see over seventy-five vessels in port at one time. Most 01 tne oys ters are now shipped by rait In a Worse Fix Texas Sittings. Old General Stanlnke. a well known gentleman of Arkansaw, approached the 8u f reme Justice the other day, and, after salut ne the JuCee in hie military way. said Indem I am PTPHtlv in need ox monev. My w 13- 4 m hulih m vt hm and I am n nable tn work. In fact I don't think that I am going to live r lon. Now. I want Tor. to lend me $1,000 for a year, I do not desire to give senrltt mm T uit thim tn VtA a transaction lta twtea friends." The Judge reflected for a

momftrt and said: "Yon say. GeneraL von

want tb money for a year? Snrnosa ran were 10 aie oeiore the money was refunded, wnat wouia become 01 mer' "That Is not the Question, my dear Judge. Wbat would become of me is the question. If I die before the money is it paid I'll be in a worse fix than yon, and yon will have no cause for complaint" "That's a fact" replied the J udge, "Here's a check for the money." TIIK 6TATK. I tens of Interest m Gathered fron all Sections of the State. Princeton, Ind., has a Library Association n a nourishing condition. A splendid flouring mill, to cost S10.00& is to be built immediately at Lebanon. Not leas than 600 men are now at works harvesting ice on the lakes near La port e. Charles Little, of Warren, owns a colt which seems to take delight in catching and killing rats. The new Court House at Marlon has been accepted by tbe Commissioners. The total cost was $106, 03a The Vanderburg County Commissioners offers $1,000 reward for the detection of the murderers of the Weibers. William F. Knight of the Pike County Democrat, who lost his entire oce bv the late fire at Petersburg, has bought a new outfit The United 8tates has filed suit aninst saac Mendenhall. ex-Postmaater of Albion. and his bondsmen, to recover am alleged shortage of $213 37. The Bedford Magnet says: "Wild turkeys are plentiful along the line of the Narrow Gauge, near the line between Greene and lawrence Counties." Decatur will have a new Opera House, he dimensions are to be 46 x 110 feet It will be three stories high and will have a Beating capacity of GOO. The total destruction of property by fire n 'eru durine 1832 amounted toonlvsl5. his shows the advantage of having a firstclass system of water works. Governor Williams' mcnuruent has been placed in position and veiled, and will be kept in that position until next summer, when the nnreilin exercises will take place. Evansville city orders are now selling at only eighty-five cents on the dollar, bo tbe Council concluded to dieontinue the order system and postpone payment of the city officers indefinitely. Our present Legislature should make a iberal appropriation for the straightening of the Kankakee River. The value of the redeemed lands, in the way of additional taxes, would soon repay the State Starke County Ledger. John Rain bolt of Owen County, was last summer badly injured by the falling of the White River bridge on tbe Bloom held Nar row Gauge Railroad. John sued the Com pany for damages, and on Saturday obtained judgment for $4.000. Rochester, Fulton County, has a new Re publican paper called tbe Tribune. It was born with strong Republican proclivities. and Major Bitters ia the editor and proprie tor. Mr. Bitters formerly published the Spy of that city. He is au old newspaper man and an able writer. The Shelby ville City Council has passed an ordinance making it unlawful for persons to loaf around the depot to congregate at the Church doors, the entrance to the Opera House, to loaf in or about livery stables or to obstruct the entrance or to stand on the steps to private offices. The penalty for vio lation is a dos of from $1 to $25. George Patterson, of 8an Francisco, was at one time a laborer on the canal at Lafayette and lived In a cabin on its classic banks. To-day he is a millionaire, worth $2,000.000. He owns 14,000 acres of land within a few miles of San Francisco, 3.000 acres of which he sows in wheat, and 1,000 in barley every year. It is quite a pleasure to know that Senator Ililligass, of the Huntington Democrat, is at his post in the State Senate, as he is power fully forninst the new decedents estate law; and it is to bv hoped that he will agi tate measures to strike out this leecn upon guardians, executors and administrators. Lagrange Democrat The Secretary of the Board of Health of Fountain County shows that the number of female births during the year 1882 was greater by 2 per cent, than that of the males. and that 2 per cent more males than females died during that time. This leads to the thought that soon the time will come when seven women shall cling to one man, as foretold by the prophet of old. Covington f eoDle b rlend. One of the oldest buildings In tbe State, built by General George Rogers Clark, in the old town of Clarksville, at the foot of the falls of the Ohio, was burned recently. This house was of heavy hewn logs and two stories high. It was made very strong that it might be nsed as a fort and is known to have been over eighty years old. It was weather-boarded about fifty years ago, since which time it has been used as a residence by two or more families. The Radical bosses of Tipton used Doxey's "soap" on election day. It was no nncom mon thing to see them giving away whisky in the alley between the two printing offices. The whieky was evidently purchased by the corruption fund, and the Kads were using it where it would ao the most good. By little effort on the part of the Prosecuting Attorney he could make a few fees and aid the State by giving it a few years' service. Will he do it? Tipton Express. Mr. James II. Deery. of the well-known carpet and decorative house of Albert Gall, of Indianapolis, has lust finished tbe paper ing and decorations of the First National Bank of this city. It is done in the latest styles and patterns of rich wall paper. The ceiling is finished in three panels, the two ends of which are of rustic designs with tile figures, while the middle panel is composed of fancy designed centers, giving the entire ceiling a rich and tasty appearance. The side walls are finished in elegant gold paper of fine Indian red colorings, with rich frieze and dado to match. The Directors' room is also finished in splendid style with rich cream colored and gold paper. The entire job has required artistic work and skilful work and reflects great credit upon the workman in charge. Mr. Deery left for his hom. in Indianapolis this morning. Mich igan City Enterprise. A. Mew Kind of Asset. Texas Sil tings. "I am a quiet unostentatious man, and never harm nobody," said the intruder, moistening the palms of his hands and taking a firmer grasp of the ax helve, "but if you don't come down with $17 to sooth my located feelings, there will be trouble here in Austin.'' "Was the boy bitten so very badly by my dog?" asked the terrified owner of the animal, who is one of the most timid men in Austin. "He was bitten just $17 worth," replied the intruder, swinging the weapon around his head. "Here is your money," replied the owner of the dog. The intruder put the money in his pocket and was about to leave, when the proprietor of the dog remarked: "1 hope your son was not bitten badly." "Why, he ain't my son. I haven't got any son." ."Whose son is he then, and how did you come to demand money of me?" "He is the son of a friend of mine, who owed me $17, and he didn't have any money. The only available assets he had were those dog bites ob his son's body, and he turned them over to me for collection, and I have collected them." ""Well, I declare 1" "And stranger," continued the man with the ax-handle, "if yon or any of your family ever get bitten by a dog, and yon want the damage collected promptly from the own er of the dog, let me know, and I will do it for twenty-five per cent net, and furnish, my own ax-hanola."

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Why lfyatrtons Fhyaical Tshla Aron Special Dread A Frofesataaal xprl CDCt. Few things give more pain that dread or apprehension. Most people are aWe to face apparent danger heroically, bat the sudden and unexpected coming of some indefinite calamity very naturally strikes terror to even the bravest x or this reason lightning and tornadoes are considered terrible: their coming and going- are bo sudden, unannounced and unknown. For this same reason an unknown dfoease, tome poison in the blood, some malady that is rradua9r undermining the life, is specially dreadei by all thinking people. And. indeed, then are good reasons for suca dread, for modern science has discovered that some virulent disorders show the least signs in their beginnings, while they have the worst possible symptoms. We know of aaany persons who have dull and uncertain pains in various portions of the body; who are unnaturally tired one day and apparent?? well the next; who have an enormous ADDetite at timea and aleathiEg of food soon thereafter. Such persons are really in a dangerous condition. even though they may not realiza it The following statement of a most- prominent physician, who has had unusual opportunities for investigation, is of so striking and important a nature that it will be read with interest by all: ASaeCIATZD CHARITIE3 OF CINCINNATI. BOA ED Or DIRECTORS. Julius Reis, H. A. rimith, M. H. Miller. Jopepb A ob, M. D., Julius Balke, Jr., D., Mrs. M. . Force. Mrs. George Hunerf. Rev. Chas. W.Wendte, Fred'k Lukenhtimer, Daniel Wolf, J. IS. Wilson. Office, Nov 27K West Eighth street. O.' Anderson, M. D., Superintendent Ciscikhati, O., Dec 2, 1S2. Messrs Editors I have, durine mv Drofessional career of many years' practice treated a large number of disorders, of which, pernaps, none nave given me more trouble than the mysterious disease known as acute nephritis; and while it may seem Etrange, it is nevertheless true, that me physician is generally greatly annoved bv this mysterious trouble, especially when the case is of hereditary origin. It is. doubtless, the first stage of the well-known but terrible Bngbt's disease, as the kidnevs contain arge quantities tf albumen: and while children and young people are especially liable to its attacks, it is prevalent with all classes, and usually continues until late in We, One obstinate case which came under mv observation was that of a fireman of this city, who applied to me for treatment The case was diagnosed parenchymatous nephri tis, lhe man was twenty-four years of aee. plethoric and lirht complected. He stated that he had BulTered from urinary troubles from childhood, and that he had "doctored" a hundred times, each time im proving some; after which, in a short while, he would relapse into his former state of misery. I prescribed the usual therapeutics known to the profes sion, with the same result that my colleagues uau uuiainea. ue got neuer ior awhile, ana then worse again; in fact so bad that he had to lay of? for some time. He suffered intense pain; so much so that I confess I had to resort to hypodermic injections of morphia. My druggist, woo knew how disgusted I was with the case, although not willing to desert the man, advised me to try a remedy from which he (the druggist) himself had derived great benefit As a drowningmancatchesatastraw, I prescribed this remedy, not letting mv patient how ever, know what I was giving him; and, al though not a believer in nor a patron of "patent medicines," I must confess that after my fireman had taken one bottle he grew much better. I made him continue its use for a period of two months, with tbe ruo&t gratifying results; it really worked wonders, and he owes bis cure and present perfect health solely to tbe remarkable power of Warner's Sale Kidoey and Liver Cure, the remedy which 1 prescribed and he used. Since the recovery of the man above mentioned I have given considerable thought to the suoject of acute nephritis, or kidney dimcultv. and I find that hre most remarkable. It often appears with out any special symptoms of its own, or possiblv as a aeouel to soma other diaeiuu It may be a sequel to scarlatina, diphtheria and otber illnesses, and even arise from pregnancy. The first symptoms frequently show themselves in high, tierce and intense pains in the lumbar regions, "tbe email of the back." troublesome micturitions and frequent changes in tbe color of the urine, which at times diminishes perceptibly. If the urine is entirely suppressed tbe case will probably terminate fatally in a few days. Dropsy is a consequence of tbe suppression of urine, and tbe eeverenes of it is governed by the proportion of retention. Tbe nervous system becomes prostrated with subsequent convulsions and irregular circulation of the blood, which, in my estimation, eventually might cause a diseased heart to give out. As I have remarked in many kidney diseases yes, even in Bright' s disease itself there is no perceptible pain in the back, and these troubles often assert themselves in various symptoms for instance, in troublesome diarrhea, blood pison. impaired eyesight nausea, loss of appetite, disordered diges tion, loss of consciousness, husky voice and many other complaints too numerous to mention. Indeed, thousands of oeoole are suffering from the first stages of Blight's disease to-dav, and they do not know it ' In conclusion. I would like to state that have, since my success with the fireman, re peatedly prescribed Warner s cafe Kidney and Liver Cure, and if my professional brethren could only be brought bo far as to overcome their prejudice against proprietary medicines they would, undoubtedly, find themselves recompensed for their supposed sacrifice of liberty, as well as by the great benetits that would accrue to the world. Most sincerely, O. Aft PERSON, M. D., Superintendent A Good Forty. A ere Orchard. (OrovUle (Cal.) Mercury The Hilgera' orchard, on the river below Oroville about six miles, has been leased to the Chinese for one year for the sum of $2.700. Tbe orchard is mostly cf apricot and peach trees, and embraces about forty acres. Last season about eixty or more tons of dried peaches were shipped from thence by Chli ese lessees, lhe previous year a part of the peach pick were sacked and mar keted upon orders from nurserymen below. sixteen tons were sent to one nurseryman. who paid $13 a ton for them at the Oroville Railroad depot Jf forty acres of orchard will yield an annual rental of $2,700, the question naturally arises in the raind why don't people who have land along tbe river. well adapted to these kinds of fruit, plant more trees? Pathetic Datb.Bed Ineldent. Botton Globe. "The saddest death-bed scenes that have ever witnessed in the co&rse of twenty years' experience," said a est End pay sycian the other day, "are those of a young husband or wife." The world looks bright to a young couple, whom a few years of happy marriage life have rendered them dearer to each other than ever thev were in the days of courtship, and no words can pic turethe aaguish of the reparation. One of the mo&t pathetic and tragic little inci dents that 1 have ever beard or nad of oc curred a week or two since, when one of my patients, despite all that wealth, devo tion, ana science coma uo in her behalf, after a long and Very painful sickness, quietly breathed her last She was a beauuru vounz woman lust turning thirty, with al that tbe world could promise before her. She had been married a half dozen yean or go when the became the victim of quick consumption. Her form was wasted to a inert

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rsedly called one morning by her husband, who feared there was a crisis at band Aa we entered the ick rhimW r in - moment that the end had come. She lay propped np in bed by large pillows, and her thin white handa rwt1 She smiled faintly when we came in, and was aDoni to reach out her hand in greeting 1 When it fell in helnleMnena hv th . .1 TVe nlain band of pd)i). hr mirrj.M tnv.n which bad never been removed since it was placed on her hand at the altar, too large now for her slender finnr iIImwH fr fell ringing upon the floor. Her eyes had become fixed and stony, and she was dead." A MASHER HORSE WHirrXD. Dr. Daddlog-toa,- VMag Rofflaa, Beaten by aa Irate Father. Chicago. Tan. 1 3 For an r - mvu vi äUUlO tkis afternoon a fine-looking, elderly centla rran excitealy paced the corridors of the Matteson House, at the con: er of Wabash avenue and Jackson ntreet. TT dectly on the lookout for some one, and his manner was so-erratic as to attract the attention of the employes and others in s vicinity. At exactly 5;3 o'clock m. a dinner-!hnkinr vnnno. man r.riA 1 K " O rf " VfVUCU the deor, entered the betel1 and briskly waiaea towara tne elevator. The elderly gentleman sprang toward the younger one, a "black-snake" whirled in the air and then descended across the vnanmr man's face. The newcomer yelled with pain. The old man nlieH hi- whin, nmv ously, meanwhile cursing the victim of bis 1 . rri a .... bbbsuiu ineguwH, porters, eei l-ooy a and hotel clerks rushed toward tbe combatants. r our lashes fell about the tnnnv HanHv'a head before he broke away from his assailant and got upon the street. He rushed north alone abash avenue. an nnnnm following him. he wa- anon lost ;httf The elderly gentleman attempted) ao poxsuit lie stood for a moment CCRSIKO TUX FOaiTIVX. Id intvpr tn nniulinn li ..M tv. uu... drei Buddingtou had(been clandestinely corsponaing wun nis aangnter, and had atmnted to make an aaiirnatinn with ha. TTa. reiuaedtoeivebiscwn name, but said that the man he had horse-whipped was Dr. Budd ing ton. It was afterward learned that tbe elderlv horsewhinnorwaa & H.n..i.ki. aaa well-to-do business m&n. Urine with his mmuyon jtticmgan avenue, near Thirtyfifth Street. Th Victim nt thia A.ana1 L - - igvaiwic a student at'the llanneman Medical' College in mis city, and was made notorious by his connection with the abduction of a little fourteen-year-old girl named Jackson, about sia weeks ago. He enticed this little girl to one of the hotels in this city, and - after ac complishing ner rum leit ner. one ned in her distress to St Louis, and was gone from her home nearly a week. Baddington at this time was arrested, and during the greater part of tbe girl's absence remained in a DoliCA Station. When the vnnn tnr re turned the case was in some way compromised and the prosecution dropped. This Budiington is a divorced man, about thirty years of aee. with a rather striking : rjreeeaew and manners calculated to fascinate young girls. He ia supported here BY HIS FATHER. who is said to be a Police Lieutenant on the rew lore force, lhe lellow is a masher. At tbe time of his arrest for his connection with the Jackson abduction case,, tbe daughter of his landlady appeared and dramatically announced the fact that they were engaged to be married, and that nomatter what might come, sbe would never,. ' no never, iorsaxe mm. it was aisciosea at Ina tk. V.Sa ww-. V - J f n trusted her bank book to Buddington, and had abstracted about juu of ner I unox. Buddineton could not be found at hin room to-night He is so hated in tbe neighm a . a.i i 'It Dornood 01 nis escapaaes mat tne city win now, it is believed, be too hot to hold him. There is not so misnamed a body of water on the globe as tne racinc ucean, nor aa unexplainable a delusion as the almost uni versal impression that it is smooth sailing; there. It is British Channel and North Sea and off the Hebrides combined as many different twists and chops and wells as there are waves. People who have crossed the Atlantic again and again without so much as a qualm are desperately ill between San Francisco and Portland. 1 here is but one comparison for the motion; it is as It one's stomach were being treated as double teeth are handled, when country doctors are forced to officiate as dentists, and know no better way to get a four-pronged tooth out of its socket than to turn it round and round till it is torn loose. H. H., in Atlantic That is what a great many people are doing. They don't know just whit is the matter, but they have a combination of pains and aches, and each month they grow worse. The only sure remedy yet found is Brown's Iron Bitters, and this by rapid and thorough assimilation with the blood purines and enriches it, and rich,, strong blood flowing to every part of the system repairs the wasted tissues, drives out disease and gives health and strength. This is why Brown's Iron Bitters will cure kidney and liver diseases, consumption, rheumatism, neuralgia, dyspepsia, malaria, intermittent fevers, &c Mr. Simoa Blancharä, a wellIcnown citixenoT HayesviUe, Meade county, Kentucky, y : My wire had been sick for a ioog time, ana her constitution was all broke down and she was unable to work. She was advised to use Brown's Iron Bitters, and found it to work like a charm. We would not now be with out it for any consideration, as we consider it the best tonic ia tha world." Brown's Iron Bitters is not a drink and does not contain whiskey. It is the only preparation of Iron that causes no injurious effects. Get the genuine. Don't be imposed on with imitations. $72 a week. 113 Costly outfl a day at home eaatly saa4 tree, ddxtei True &

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